Floor polisher



Y l The present p Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNITED; STATEs PATENT r ori-ice axm. onor nNGnnaeaNn rom) nan: DANIEL BILDE, or srocxnonn, swEDnN',

sre'ivoas 'ro mvnNru 'rarENr-vnnwnarlmes-GasnLLscmr, Hausnr, SWITZERLAND, .a conroaa'rron or SWITZERLAND rLoon roLisrrnn' Original application Med Inno 19, 1828, Serial No. 286,668, and 1n Germany June 14, 1927. Renewed february `23', 1880.v Divided and this` application illed December 7, 1928. Serial No. 324,475.

This application is a division ofl our coending application, Serial No. 286,663, filed une'19th, 1928, for Improvements in iioor polishers.

1 handlegrasped by the operator, and s ecifiv cally resides in providmg novel an im proved waxing devices for use 1n connect-lon with such apparatus. -In one phase of the invention it consists in the provision of holding means for pieces of wax providing elastic mounting for the pieces of wail' permitting the ieces of wax to have relative movement.

T e above andy other features of the invention will be more evident from the following companym ,2 description taken in conunction with the ac drawing lustrating one emy bodiment o the invention.

Fig. 3 is a detail section of part of one form of wax-holding means.

While the waxing disk has been disclosed "35 in the parent ap llcation above referred to as ap lied to a oo'r polisher' having three rotata le members for carrying brush and waxing elements, and is soshown in this aplication, it will be understood that the wax-V ing disk is a plicable to other types of Hoor polishers an that various forms of waxing disks are possible within, the scope of the appended claims. 4

The iioor olispher to which the waxin disks are app "ed, in the specific forni` use for purposes of illustration, comprises three rotatable carrier disks 24 mounted to rotate about parallel axes and rotated by meansof a belt 25 passing in contact with the carrier disks and around a driving ulley 26,.the driving pulley being driven y an electric invention' relates to apparatus for brushing and polishing floors, and more partly in section, showing the disk secured in v other suitable means.

10 has-cylindrical depressions 22 whic remotor. i The belt 25 passes around two of the -waxing unit is rotated with the brush disk to which it is att-ached and each brush disk is rotated by the'carrier disk to which it is attached. For further explanation of the specific floor polisher in general, reference may be had to the parent application above referred to.

One of -the preferred waxing disks is shown, in bottom view, in Fi 1 and side and sectional view in Fig. 2. he waxing disk comprises asheet metal plate 10 having a main annular portion 27, to which the pieces of solid wax are attached, and a central upwardlyvinclined portion 28. The portion 27 Yof the metal plate is, in general, in one lane.

Radialslots 11 are. provided' which ivide the waxing disk into segments and which provide resiliency and elasticity. whereby pieces of the wax can have relative up and down movement as they move over the door. It will -be seen that the arts separated b slots are resiliently yielda le relative to eac other.

At the inner part of the inclined portion 28 of the disk 10 is a collar 12, which extends 'upwardly and is ada ted to fit into a recess 13 in the center of the rush disk l5 and within the hand asp portion 14. Corners 16 of plate 10 are nt upwardly and engage brisl tles 17 to assist in holding the waxingl disk t0V -the brush disk.V

A number of l`cylindrical ieces of wax 18 are attached to the under si e of the waxing disk. V Felt pieces 19 or. other suitable fabric pieces are fixed or pasted to the upper sides offthe lwax pieces. These .fabric members 19 are in turn fastened to plate 10 b means of tongues 21 stamped out of the Ip ate, or by Preferab y, the late 0l' SGHAIF- v ceive the fabric and the cylindrical pieces of wax. In order to facilitate the a plication of the waxing disks to the brush disks and the removal thereof from the brush disks, plate 10 is provided with a handle 20, ypreferably soldered to the plate. The solid wax pieces may be resiliently connected to the waxing disk or the waxing disk itself may be connected directly,- in any convenient elastic manner, with the rotating mechanism, such as the carrier disks, instead of being attached to the brush disks.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention and certain preferred details of construction are herein shown and described, it is apparent that changes-may be made and various features ma be used without others without departing rom the spirit of the invention.

What we claim is:

1. In a waxer for use with a floor polisher,4

a resilient disk comprising a series of partially separated segments and means for securing wax to said segments.

2. In a waXer :for use with a floor polisher,

a disk having radial slots therein forming partially separated segments and means for securing wax to said segments.

3. In a waxer for Hoor polishers, a resilient disk, depressions therein and intermediate fabric means to secure wax elements to the bottoms of said depressions.

4. In a floor polisher, the combination with a driven member of a wax holder adapted to be fitted to said driven member to move therewith and comprising a substantially fiat plate member adapted to carry a plurality of individual pieces of solid wax and having portions resiliently yieldable relative to each other to permit the pieces of wax to have relative up and down movement.

5. VIn a floor polisher, the combination with a driven member of a wax holder adapted to be fitted to said driven member to move therewith and comprising wax-retaining means i adapted to carry a plurality of individual pieces of solid wax in contact therewith, the contact surfaces between the individual pieces of wax and the wax holder bein@ in substantially the'same plane and the portions on which the pieces of wax are carried being yieldin ly disposed to permit the pieces o wax to ave relative up and down movement. 6. In a floor polisher, the combination with a driven member of a wax holder adapted to be fitted to said driven member to move there: with and comprising a substantially flat plate member adapted to carry a plurality of indivi ual pieces of solid wax and slottedto form partially separated segments whereb wax pieces held by the holder are res' ently mounted.

7. In a floor polisher, the4 combination with a driven member of a wax holder adapted to with and comprising a substantially flat plate member adapted to carry a plurality of lndividual pieces of solid wax and cut away to form partially sedparated portions whereby wax pieces carrie by the wax holder are resiliently mounted.

8. In a ioor polisher, the combination with a driven member of a wax holder adapted to be fitted to said driven member to move therewith and comprising metal wax-retaining means adapted to carry a plurality of individual pieces of solid wax in contact therewith, the contact surfaces between the individual pieces of wax and the wax holder being in substantially the same lane and the portions on which the pieces o wax are carried being yieldingly disposed to permit the pieces of wax to have relative up and down movement.

In testimony whereof we aiiX our signatures.

AXEL OLOF ENGBERG. TORD ERIK DANIEL BILDE.

be fitted to said driven member to move there- Y 

